Order of Catherine Cookson Books - OrderOfBooks.com Home | Characters | Authors Order of Catherine Cookson Books Catherine Cookson (1906-1998) was an English author of historical fiction novels and the author of the Mary Ann Shaughnessy series. She grew up the illegitimate daughter of an impoverished woman named Kate, whom she was led to believe was her older sister. Catherine was known as a regional writer, writing specifically for readers from the North of England. Of all of her many accolades, undoubtedly the greatest of all of them is being named a Dame of the British Empire in 1993. Catherine Cookson became a published novelist in 1950 with the novel Kate Hannigan. She continued to write up until her death and her final work was published in 2002. Below is a list of Catherine Cookson’s books in order of when they were first released: Publication Order of Kate Hannigan Books Kate Hannigan Catherine Cookson - Book Series In Order Hardcover Paperback Kindle Catherine Cookson was an English author. Before her death in 1998, she was the United Kingdom’s most widely read novelist, boasting sales in the hundreds of millions.

Despite her fame and fortune, she maintained a relatively low profile, even in the world of celebrity writers. +Biography Born Catherine Ann McMullen in Tyne Dock, South Shields, she eventually moved to East Jarrow, Country Durham (which became the setting for ‘The Fifteen Streets’, one of her best-known novels). Catherine was the illegitimate child of Kate Fawcett, an alcoholic. She was raised by her grandparents and, as a child, she thought Kate, her mother, was her sister. Her father was later revealed (by a biographer) to be Alexander Davies, a bigamist and gambler from Lanarkshire. After leaving school at the age of 13, Catherine Cookson spent some time as a domestic servant before taking a laundry job at Harton Workhouse in South Shields. Eventually moving south to run the Hastings Workhouse laundry, Catherine saved enough money to purchase a large Victorian house after which she took in lodges as a means of supplementing her income. At the age of 34 (June 1940), Catherine married Tom Cookson. He was a teacher at Hastings Grammar School.

She experienced four miscarriages before learning that she suffered from telangiectasia, a rare vascular disease that could result in anemia. It took Catherine a decade to recover from the mental breakdown she suffered following her miscarriages. +Literary Career Catherine joined Hastings Writer’s Group as a means of therapy designed to tackle her depression. Kate Hannigan, her first novel, was published in 1950. She approached the novel as historical fiction and wasn’t happy with the fact that it had been stereotypically described as a romance. A lot of the work Catherine Cookson produced manifested the uncomfortable research she had to undertake to write her stories, this including going down a mine to study the setting of one of her stories. Before her death, Catherine Cookson had written nearly a hundred books, which have been translated in more than a dozen languages. She also wrote novels under pseudonyms like Catherine Marchant and Katie McMullen. Catherine spent nearly twenty years as the most borrowed author in UK public libraries. +Adaptations A considerable portion of Catherine Cookson’s books have been adapted into films, radio and stage plays.

Jacqueline (1956), which was directed by Roy Ward Baker, was the first film to be produced from her work, based off of ‘A Grand Man’. Then came Rooney in 1958 based on the book ‘Rooney’ and directed by George Pollock. Katie Mulholland became a stage musical in 1983, composed by Eric Boswell (Ken Hill wrote and directed). Despite all the films and stage plays adapted from her work, though, it was on Television that she achieved the greatest success. Various series of dramas adapted from her work not only attracted huge ratings, but they lasted for over a decade on ITV. Over a dozen Catherine Cookson novels were adapted for Television between 1990 and 2001, with ‘The Black Velvet’ winning an international Emmy for best drama in 1991. +Death Catherine Cookson lived her final years in Jesmond. Giving her last TV interview to North East Tonight from her sickbed (interviewed by Mike Neville), Catherine died sixteen days before her 92nd birthday in Newcastle. She wrote many novels from her sickbed, many of which were posthumously published.

Her husband, Tom, died seventeen days later; the cause of his death was not disclosed. +The Fifteen Streets John O’Brien’s world is one where survival is a continuous struggle. Working long hours at the docks to support his parent’s large family, a number of the other families in the Fifteen Streets have all but given up, descending into the despair of grinding poverty, even as the O’Brien’s continue to strive onward. When O’Brien meets Mary Llewellyn, a beautiful teacher belonging to the world he can only dream of, what begins as a casual conversation over tea quickly becomes love, a rare love that should have been perfect. Fate, however, intervenes. John is accused to fathering the child of a local girl, with Mary’s parents immediately refusing her to see him again. The couple learns of the widening chasm that exists between them as they wonder whether they can cross the gulf separating their worlds. The Fifteen Streets is as impressive a Catherine Cookson novel as any other; the plotting is irresistible and the characterization explains her renown as a recognized master of historical and romance fiction. Even at the beginning of her illustrious career, she had the power to captivate her audiences, delivering passion and compelling drama.

While it is true that Catherine Cookson writes the most spectacular romances, there is so much more in this novel than just romance. In fact, a considerable portion of this book is dedicated to the interactions between the different families and neighbors. The characters are very interesting and likeable. The historical elements are compelling, and John and Mary are perfect as leads in this, one of Catherine Cookson’s most renowned novels. Anyone that thinks of this novel as little more than fluffy romance will be surprised by the depth they discover. +Colour Blind The McQueen family has always strived to remain upbeat, even in the worst days of the recession. As their neighbors depart from the workhouse, their furniture carted off by bailiffs, the McQueen household continues to hold on to its laughter and cheer. When all else has failed, this is what has kept them strong. As with many of the Fifteen Streets residents, the McQueens are big-hearted and blunt; opinionated and often speaking with no holds barred in the face of any attempt to go against social convention. As such, there is shock when Bridget brings home her African Husband.

Colour Blind tackles issues of prejudice, race, and family; delivered by the unique writing skills of Catherine Cookson, the novel is highly compelling, especially in its portrayal of the McQueens, the most hateful family anywhere. Hateful of each other, their neighbors and, inevitably, the newest addition to their family, readers are provided a firsthand glimpse into racism in the 1950s, the destruction it unleashed and the families it destroyed. Colour Blind delivers a family feud like no other; despite some predictable plots and an ending that few readers liked, Colour Blind is as compelling as any other Cathering Cookson novel. Tilly Trotter: An Omnibus - Catherine Cookson - Google Books Tilly Trotter: An Omnibus 0 Reviews An epic trilogy set during the reign of Queen Victoria. It�follows the fortunes of a young girl from a small village in Tyneside, to a new life in America as the wife of a wealthy man, only to return and encounter the enmity of her former neighbors and townspeople. What people are saying - Write a review We haven't found any reviews in the usual places.

No preview available - 1981 About the author (1999) Catherine Cookson, 1906 - 1998 British writer Catherine Cookson was born in Tyne Dock, Co. Durham. She was born illegitimate and into poverty with a mother who was, at times, an alcoholic and violent. From the age of thirteen, Catherine suffered from hereditary hemorrhage telangiectasia. She also believed, for many years, that she was abandoned as a baby and that her mother was actually her older sister. Catherine wrote her first short story, "The Wild Irish Girl," at the age of eleven and sent it to the South Shields Gazette, which sent it back in three days. She left school at the age of thirteen to work as a maid for the rich and powerful. It was then that she saw the great class barrier inside their society. From working in a laundry, she saved enough money to open an apartment hotel in Hastings. Schoolmaster, Tom Cookson, was one of her tenants and became her husband in 1940. She suffered several miscarriages and became depressed so she began writing to help her recovery.

Catherine has written over ninety novels and, under the pseudonym of Catherine Marchant, she wrote three different series of books, which included the Bill Bailey, the Mary Ann, and the Mallen series. Her first book, "Kate Hannigan" (1950), tells the partly autobiographical story of a working-class girl becoming pregnant by an upper-middle class man. The baby is raised by Kate's parents and the child believes them to be her real parents and that Kate is her sister. Many of her novels are set in 19th century England and tell of poverty in such settings as mines, shipyards and farms. Her characters usually cross the class barrier by means of education. Catherine received the Freedom of the Borough of South Shields and the Royal Society of Literature's award for the Best Regional Novel of the year. The Variety Club of Great Britain named her Writer of the Year and she was voted Personality of the North-East. She received an honorary degree from the University of Newcastle and was made Dame in 1933. Just shortly before her ninety-second birthday, on June 11, 1998, Catherine died in her home near Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

"Kate Hannigan's Girl" (1999), was published posthumously and continues the story of her first novel. Catherine Cookson: Early Life, Writing Career, Books in Film and Television, Philanthropy, Honours, Later Life and Death, Legacy, Bibliography, Biographies, and a List of Books by Author Catherine Cookson Early Life more ï¿½ ï¿½ less Born as Catherine Ann McMullen at 5 Leam Lane in Tyne Dock, South Shields, (then part of County Durham), she was known as "Kate" as a child. She moved to East Jarrow, County Durham (now in Tyne and Wear), which would become the setting for one of her best-known novels, The Fifteen Streets. The illegitimate child of an alcoholic named Kate Fawcett, she grew up thinking her unmarried mother was her sister, as she was raised by her grandparents, Rose and John McMullen. Biographer Kathleen Jones tracked down her father whose name was Alexander Davies, a bigamist and gambler from Lanarkshire. She left school at 13 and, after a period of domestic service, took a laundry job at Harton Workhouse in South Shields.

In 1929, she moved south to run the laundry at Hastings Workhouse, saving every penny to buy a large Victorian house, and then taking in gentleman and lady lodgers to supplement her income. In June 1940, at the age of 34, she married Tom Cookson, a teacher at Hastings Grammar School. After experiencing four miscarriages late in pregnancy, it was discovered she was suffering from a rare vascular disease, telangiectasia, which causes bleeding from the nose, fingers and stomach and results in anemia. A mental breakdown followed the miscarriages, from which she took a decade to recover. Writing Career more ï¿½ ï¿½ less She took up writing as a form of therapy to tackle her depression, and joined Hastings Writers' Group. Her first novel, Kate Hannigan, was published in 1950. Though it was labelled a romance, she expressed discontent with the stereotype. Her books were, she said, historical novels about people and conditions she knew. Catherine had little to do with the London literary circus. She was always more interested in practicing the art of writing. Her research could be uncomfortable ...

going down a mine, for instance, because her heroine came from a mining area. Having in her youth wanted to write about "above stairs" in grand houses, she later and successfully concentrated on people ground down by circumstances, taking care to know them well. Cookson went on to write almost 100 books, selling more than 123 million copies of her books, her works being translated into at least 20 languages. She also wrote books under the pseudonyms Catherine Marchant and a name derived from her childhood name, Katie McMullen. She remained the most borrowed author from public libraries in the UK for 17 years, only losing the title in 2002, four years after her death. Books in Film and Television more ï¿½ ï¿½ less Many of Cookson's novels have been transferred to stage, film and radio. It was on television, however, that she achieved her greatest media success, with a series of dramas on ITV lasting over a decade and achieving huge ratings. Eighteen adaptations were produced by Tyne Tees Television, regularly attracting more than 10 million viewers.

These include: - The Fifteen Streets (1989) starring Sean Bean and Jane Horrocks, which became hugely successful. The Black Velvet Gown (1991), with Janet McTeer, Bob Peck, Geraldine Somerville won the International Emmy award for best drama. In 1994, The Cinder Path with Catherine Zeta-Jones, Tracy Whitwell and Ray Stevenson in The Dwelling Place. The Tide of Life (1996) with Gillian Kearney and future Rome co-star James Purefoy. The 1995 adaption of The Gambling Man starring Robson Green.

The Mallens (1979—1980) with John Hallam and Juliet Stevenson; The Black Candle (1991) with Nathaniel Parker and Samantha Bond; The Man Who Cried (1993) with Ciarï¿½n Hinds and Amanda Root; The Glass Virgin (1995) with Nigel Havers, Emily Mortimer and Brendan Coyle; The Girl (1996) with Jonathan Cake and Siobhan Flynn; The Moth (1997) with Jack Davenport, Juliet Aubrey and Justine Waddell; The Rag Nymph (1997) with Honeysuckle Weeks, Alec Newman and Val McLane; The Wingless Bird (1997) with Claire Skinner, Anne Reid and Julian Wadham; Colour Blind (1997) with Niamh Cusack, Tony Armatrading, Art Malik, and Carmen Ejogo; The Round Tower (1997) with Emilia Fox, Ben Miles and Denis Lawson; Tilly Trotter (1998) with Carli Norris and Simon Shepherd; The Secret (1999) with Colin Buchanan, Hannah Yelland

, Elizabeth Carling and Clare Higgins; A Dinner of Herbs (2000) with Jonathan Kerrigan, Melanie Clark Pullen, Debra Stephenson, David Threlfall and Billie Whitelaw.

Philanthropy more ï¿½ ï¿½ less Although she became a multi-millionaire from her books, Dame Catherine was famed for her care with money. She did, however, indulge in discreet philanthropy, supporting causes in North East England and medical research in areas that were close to her heart. When public lending rights were introduced for authors, she became immediately eligible for the maximum ï¿½5,000 a year but donated it for the benefit of less fortunate writers. She also donated more than ï¿½1 million for research into a cure for the illness that afflicted her. In 1985, she pledged more than ï¿½800,000 to the University of Newcastle. In gratitude, the university set up a lectureship in hematology. Some ï¿½40,000 was given to provide a laser to help treat bleeding disorders and ï¿½50,000 went to create a new post in ear, nose and throat studies, with particular reference to the detection of deafness in children.

She had already given ï¿½20,000 towards the university's Hatton Gallery and ï¿½32,000 to its library. In recognition of this generosity, a building in the university medical faculty has been named after her. Her foundation continues to make donations to worthy causes in the UK, particularly those offering services to young people and cultural ventures, such as the Tyneside Cinema. Honours more ï¿½ ï¿½ less She was created an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1985 and was elevated to a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1993 Cookson received the Freedom of the Borough of South Tyneside, today known as Catherine Cookson Country and an honorary degree from the University of Newcastle. The Variety Club of Great Britain named her Writer of the Year, and she was voted Personality of the North East. Later Life and Death more ï¿½ ï¿½ less In later life, Catherine and Tom returned to the North East and settled first in Haldane Terrace, Jesmond. They then moved to Corbridge, a market town near Newcastle, and later to Langley, Northumberland, a small village nearby.

As her health declined, they moved for a final time to the Jesmond area of Newcastle upon Tyne to be nearer medical facilities. For the last few years of her life, she was bed-ridden and she gave her final TV interview to North East Tonight, the regional ITV Tyne Tees news programme, from her sickbed. It was conducted by Mike Neville. Catherine Cookson died at the age of 91 (16 days before her 92nd birthday) at her home in Newcastle, although her novels, many written from her sickbed, continued to be published posthumously until 2002. Tom died on 28 June 1998, just 17 days later. He had been hospitalised for a week and the cause of his death was not announced. He was 86 years old. Legacy more ï¿½ ï¿½ less In March 2008, the Dame Catherine Cookson Memorial Garden was unveiled in the grounds of South Tyneside District Hospital in South Shields, based on the theme of a serpentine symbol, commonly used to symbolise health and caring.

The hospital occupies the site of the Harton Workhouse, where Cookson worked from 1924 to 1929. The project was partly funded by the Catherine Cookson Trust. Tom and Catherine, a musical about the couple's life, was written by local playwright Tom Kelly. It played to sell-out crowds at the Customs House in South Shields.

The Nice Bloke (1969) aka The Husband (1969) The Glass Virgin (1969) Feathers in the Fire (1971) Pure as the Lily (1972) The Invisible Cord (1975) The Tide of Life (1976) The Girl (1977) The Man Who Cried (1979) The Whip (1983) aka The Spaniard's Gift (1989) The Black Velvet Gown (1984) The Bannaman Legacy (1985) aka A Dinner of Herbs (1985) The Moth (1986) aka The Thorman Inheritance (1989) The Parson's Daughter (1987) The Harrogate Secret (1988) aka The Secret The Cultured Handmaiden (1988) The Spaniard's Gift (1989) aka The Whip (1983) The Black Candle (1989) The Thorman Inheritance (1989) aka The Moth (1986) The Gillyvors (19

90) aka The Love Child (1991) My Beloved Son (1991) The Rag Nymph (1991) aka The Forester Girl (1993) The House of Women (1992) The Maltese Angel (1992) The Forester Girl (1993) aka The Rag Nymph (1991) The Year of the Virgins (1993) The Tinker's Girl (1994) Justice Is a Woman (1994) A Ruthless Need (1995) The Lady on my Left (1997) aka The Mists of Memory (1965) by Catherine Marchant The Obsession (1997) Rosie of the River (2000) The Simple Soul and Other Stories (2001) Silent Lady (2002) Tilly Trotter aka Tilly (1980) Tilly Trotter Wed aka Tilly Wed (1981) Tilly Trotter Widowed aka Tilly Alone (1982) The Bill Bailey trilogy Bill Bailey's Lot (1987) aka Bill

 Bailey's Litter Bill Bailey's Daughter (1988) The Bondage of Love (1997) The Mary Ann stories The Lord and Mary Ann (1956) The Devil and Mary Ann (1958) Love and Mary Ann (1961) Life and Mary Ann (1962) Marriage and Mary Ann (1964) Mary Ann's Angels (1965) Mary Ann and Bill (1967) Children's stories Joe and the Gladiator (1968) The Nipper (1970) Blue Baccy (1972) aka Rory's Fortune (1988) Our John Willie (1974) Go Tell It to Mrs Golightly (1977) Lanky Jones (1981) Nancy Nutall and the Mongrel (1982) Rory's Fortune (1988) aka Blue Baccy (1972) Bill and The Mary Ann Shaughnessy (1991) Written as Catherine Marchant Heritage of Folly (1961) aka Heritage of Folly (1961) by Katie McMullen The Fen Tiger

 (1963) aka The House on the Fens (1963) House of Men (1963) The Mists of Memory (1965) aka The Lady on my Left (1997) by Catherine Cookson The Iron Facade (1965) aka Evil at Rodgers Cross (1965) Miss Martha Mary Crawford (1975) The Slow Awakening (1976) Heritage of Folly (1961) aka Heritage of Folly (1961) by Catherine Marchant Autobiographies Catherine Cookson Country (1986) aka My Land of the North (1999) Let Me Make Myself Plain (1988) Plainer Still (1995) To Be a Lady: Biography of Catherine Cookson by Cliff Goodwin (1994) The Girl From Leam Lane: The Life and Writing of Catherine Cookson by Piers Dudgeon (1997) Cookson by Kathleen Jones Constable(1999) Kate's Daughter: The Real Catherine Cookson by Piers Dudgeon (2003) Catherine Cookson's Da by Kathleen Jones Const

able (2004) Catherine Cookson : definition of Catherine Cookson and synonyms of Catherine Cookson (English) 12 External links Early life Born as Catherine Ann McMullen at 5 Leam Lane in Tyne Dock , South Shields , County Durham , she was known as "Kate" as a child.

She moved to East Jarrow , County Durham which would become the setting for one of her best-known novels, The Fifteen Streets. The illegitimate child of an alcoholic named Kate Fawcett, she grew up thinking her unmarried mother was her sister, as she was brought up by her grandparents, Rose and John McMullen. Biographer Kathleen Jones tracked down her father, whose name was Alexander Davies, a bigamist and gambler from Lancashire .[ citation needed ] She left school at 13 and, after a period of domestic service, took a laundry job at Harton Workhouse in South Shields . In 1929, she moved south to run the laundry at Hastings Workhouse, saving every penny to buy a large Victorian house, and then taking in lodgers to supplement her income. In June 1940, at the age of 34, she married Tom Cookson, a teacher at Hastings Grammar School . After experiencing four miscarriages late in pregnancy, it was discovered she was suffering from a rare vascular disease, telangiectasia , which causes bleeding from the nose, fingers and stomach and results in anemia . A mental breakdown followed the miscarriages, from which it took her a decade to recover.

Writing career She took up writing as a form of therapy to tackle her depression , and joined Hastings Writers' Group . Her first novel, Kate Hannigan, was published in 1950. Though it was labelled a romance , she expressed discontent with the stereotype. Her books were, she said, historical novels about people and conditions she knew. Cookson had little connection with the London literary circus. She was always more interested in practising the art of writing. Her research could be uncomfortable — going down a mine , for instance, because her heroine came from a mining area. Having in her youth wanted to write about 'above stairs' in grand houses, she later and successfully concentrated on people ground down by circumstances, taking care to know them well. Cookson wrote almost 100 books, which sold more than 123 million copies, her novels being translated into at least 20 languages. She also wrote books under the pseudonyms Catherine Marchant and a name derived from her childhood name, Katie McMullen. She remained the most borrowed author from public libraries in the UK for 17 years, losing the title only in 2002, four years after her death.

[1] Books in film and television Many of Cookson's novels have been transferred to stage, film and radio. The first film from her work was Jacqueline (1956) Directed by Roy Ward Baker , based on her book A Grand Man. [2] It was followed by Rooney (1958), directed by George Pollock , based on her book Rooney. Both starred John Gregson . For commercial reasons, the action of both films was transferred from South Shields to Ireland. [3] It was on television, however, that she achieved her greatest media success, with a series of dramas on ITV lasting over a decade and achieving huge ratings. Eighteen books were adapted for television between 1990 and 2001. They were all produced by Ray Marshall from Festival Film & TV who was given permission by Cookson in 1988 to bring her works to the screen. The first film to be made, The Fifteen Streets [4] starring Sean Bean & Owen Teale , was nominated for an Emmy award in 1990. The second production, The Black Velvet Gown , [5] won an International Emmy for Best Drama in 1991.

The mini series regularly attracted audiences over 10 million and are still showing in the UK on the Yesterday Channel. Philanthropy Although she became a multi-millionaire from her books, Cookson was frugal with her spending. She did, however, indulge in discreet philanthropy , supporting causes in North East England and medical research in areas that were close to her heart. When public lending rights were introduced for authors, she became immediately eligible for the maximum £5,000 a year but donated it for the benefit of less fortunate writers. She also donated more than £1 million for research into a cure for the illness that afflicted her. In 1985, she pledged more than £800,000 to the University of Newcastle . In gratitude, the university set up a lectureship in hematology . Some £40,000 was given to provide a laser to help treat bleeding disorders and £50,000 went to create a new post in ear, nose and throat studies, with particular reference to the detection of deafness in children. She had already given £20,000 towards the university's Hatton Gallery and £32,000 to its library.

In recognition of this generosity, a building in the university medical faculty has been named after her. [6] Her foundation continues to make donations to worthy causes in the UK, particularly those offering services to young people and cultural ventures, such as the Tyneside Cinema . [7] Honours Cookson received the Freedom of the Borough of South Tyneside , and an honorary degree from the University of Newcastle . The Variety Club of Great Britain named her Writer of the Year, and she was voted Personality of the North East. Later life and death In later life, Cookson and her husband Tom returned to the North East and settled first in Haldane Terrace, Jesmond. They then moved to Corbridge , a market town near Newcastle, and later to Langley, Northumberland , a small village nearby. As her health declined, they moved for a final time to the Jesmond area of Newcastle upon Tyne to be nearer medical facilities. For the last few years of her life, she was bed-ridden and she gave her final TV interview to North East Tonight , the regional ITV Tyne Tees news programme, from her sickbed. It was conducted by Mike Neville .

Catherine Cookson died at the age of 91, sixteen days before her 92nd birthday, at her home in Newcastle, although her novels, many written from her sickbed, continued to be published posthumously until 2002. Tom died on 28 June 1998, just 17 days later. [8] He had been hospitalised for a week and the cause of his death was not announced. He was 86 years old. Legacy In March 2008, the Dame Catherine Cookson Memorial Garden was unveiled in the grounds of South Tyneside District Hospital in South Shields, based on the theme of a serpentine symbol, commonly used to symbolise health and caring. The hospital occupies the site of the Harton Workhouse, where Cookson worked from 1924 to 1929. The project was partly funded by the Catherine Cookson Trust. [9] Tom and Catherine, a musical about the couple's life, was written by local playwright Tom Kelly. It played to sell-out crowds at the Customs House in South Shields.

Bibliography The Nice Bloke (1969) aka The Husband (1969) The Glass Virgin (1969) Feathers in the Fire (1971) Pure as the Lily (1972) The Invisible Cord (1975) The Tide of Life (1976) The Girl (1977) The Man Who Cried (1979) The Whip (1983) aka The Spaniard's Gift (1989) The Black Velvet Gown (1984) The Bannaman Legacy (1985) aka A Dinner of Herbs (1985) The Moth (1986) aka The Thorman Inheritance (1989) The Parson's Daughter (1987) The Harrogate Secret (1988) aka The Secret The Cultured Handmaiden (1988) The Spaniard's Gift (1989) aka The Whip (1983) The Black Candle (1989) The Thorman Inheritance (1989) aka The Moth (1986) The Gillyvors

 (1990) aka The Love Child (1991) My Beloved Son (1991) The Rag Nymph (1991) aka The Forester Girl (1993) The House of Women (1992) The Maltese Angel (1992) The Forester Girl (1993) aka The Rag Nymph (1991) The Year of the Virgins (1993) The Tinker's Girl (1994) Justice Is a Woman (1994) A Ruthless Need (1995) The Lady on my Left (1997) aka The Mists of Memory (1965) by Catherine Marchant The Obsession (1997) Rosie of the River (2000) The Simple Soul and Other Stories (2001) Silent Lady (2002) The Lord and Mary Ann (1956) The Devil and Mary Ann (1958) Love and Mary Ann (1961) Life and Mary Ann (1962) Marriage and Mary Ann (1964) Mary Ann's Angels (

1965) Mary Ann and Bill (1967) The Mallen Novels Tilly Trotter aka Tilly (1980) Tilly Trotter Wed aka Tilly Wed (1981) Tilly Trotter Widowed aka Tilly Alone (1982) The Hamilton series Bill Bailey's Lot (1987) aka Bill Bailey's Litter Bill Bailey's Daughter (1988) The Bondage of Love (1997) Children's stories Joe and the Gladiator (1968) The Nipper (1970) Blue Baccy (1972) aka Rory's Fortune (1988) Our John Willie (1974) Go Tell It to Mrs Golightly (1977) Lanky Jones (1981) Nancy Nutall and the Mongrel (1982) Rory's Fortune (1988) aka Blue Baccy (1972) Bill and The Mary Ann Shaughnessy (1991) Autobiographies Catherine Cookson Country (1986) aka My Land of the North (1999) Let Me Make Myself

 Plain (1988) Plainer Still (1995) Heritage of Folly (1961) aka Heritage of Folly (1961) by Katie McMullen The Fen Tiger (1963) aka The House on the Fens (1963) House of Men (1963) The Mists of Memory (1965) aka The Lady on my Left (1997) by Catherine Cookson The Iron Facade (1965) aka Evil at Rodgers Cross (1965) Miss Martha Mary Crawford (1975) The Slow Awakening (1976) Catherine Cookson | LibraryThing Agents Short biography Catherine Ann McMullen was born on 27 June 1906 in Tyne Dock, England, UK.

She grew up as daugther of Rose and John McMullen, but was the illegitimate daughter of Kate Fawcett, whom she believed to be her older sister, and Alexander Davies, a bigamist. She left school at 13 and, and she began work in service but eventually moved south to Hastings, where she met and Tom Cookson, a local grammar-school master, whom she married on June 1940. She suffered some miscarriages and couldn't have children. She took up writing as a form of therapy to tackle her depression, and joined Hastings Writers' Group. Her first novel was published in 1950. She wrote almost 100 books, which sold more than 123 million copies, her novels being translated into at least 20 languages. She also wrote books under her childhood name, Katie McMullen, and under the pseudonym Catherine Marchant. After receiving an OBE in 1985, Catherine Cookson was created a Dame of the British Empire in 1993. She was appointed an Honorary Fellow of St Hilda's College, Oxford, in 1997.

She passed away on 11 June 1998 in North East. She remained the most borrowed author from public libraries in the UK for 17 years, losing the title only in 2002, four years after her death. Disambiguation notice Catherine Cookson AudioBooks Collection - 58 Books » Vector, Photoshop PSDAfter Effects, Tutorials, Template, 3D, Categories: E-Books & Audio Books » Audio Books Dame Catherine Cookson DBE (27 June 1906 – 11 June 1998) was a British author. She became the United Kingdom's most widely read novelist, with sales topping 100 million, while retaining a relatively low profile in the world of celebrity writers. Her books were inspired by her deprived youth in North East England, the setting for her novels. Born as Catherine Ann McMullen at 5 Leam Lane in Tyne Dock, South Shields, County Durham, she was known as "Kate" as a child. She moved to East Jarrow, County Durham which would become the setting for one of her best-known novels, The Fifteen Streets.

The illegitimate child of an alcoholic named Kate Fawcett, she grew up thinking her unmarried mother was her sister, as she was brought up by her grandparents, Rose and John McMullen. Biographer Kathleen Jones tracked down her father, whose name was Alexander Davies, a bigamist and gambler from Lancashire. She left school at 13 and, after a period of domestic service, took a laundry job at Harton Workhouse in South Shields. In 1929, she moved south to run the laundry at Hastings Workhouse, saving every penny to buy a large Victorian house, and then taking in lodgers to supplement her income. Catherine Cookson AudioBooks Collection - 58 Books HI-SPEED DOWNLOAD Free 300 GB with Full DSL-Broadband Speed! In June 1940, at the age of 34, she married Tom Cookson, a teacher at Hastings Grammar School. After experiencing four miscarriages late in pregnancy, it was discovered she was suffering from a rare vascular disease, telangiectasia, which causes bleeding from the nose, fingers and stomach and results in anemia. A mental breakdown followed the miscarriages, from which she took a decade to recover.

She took up writing as a form of therapy to tackle her depression, and joined Hastings Writers' Group. Her first novel, Kate Hannigan, was published in 1950. Though it was labelled a romance, she expressed discontent with the stereotype. Her books were, she said, historical novels about people and conditions she knew. Cookson had little connection with the London literary circus. She was always more interested in practising the art of writing. Her research could be uncomfortable — going down a mine, for instance, because her heroine came from a mining area. Having in her youth wanted to write about 'above stairs' in grand houses, she later and successfully concentrated on people ground down by circumstances, taking care to know them well. Cookson wrote almost 100 books, which sold more than 123 million copies, her novels being translated into at least 20 languages. She also wrote books under the pseudonyms Catherine Marchant and a name derived from her childhood name, Katie McMullen. She remained the most borrowed author from public libraries in the UK for 17 years, losing the title only in 2002, four years after her death.

In later life, Cookson and her husband Tom returned to the North East and settled first in Haldane Terrace, Jesmond. They then moved to Corbridge, a market town near Newcastle, and later to Langley, Northumberland, a small village nearby. As her health declined, they moved for a final time to the Jesmond area of Newcastle upon Tyne to be nearer medical facilities. For the last few years of her life, she was bed-ridden and she gave her final TV interview to North East Tonight, the regional ITV Tyne Tees news programme, from her sickbed. It was conducted by Mike Neville. Catherine Cookson died at the age of 91 (16 days before her 92nd birthday) at her home in Newcastle, although her novels, many written from her sickbed, continued to be published posthumously until 2002. Tom died on 28 June 1998, just 17 days later. He had been hospitalised for a week and the cause of his death was not announced. He was 86 years old.

Catherine Cookson Book List - FictionDB General Fiction Mar-2000 A novel that is vintage Catherine Cookson, Kate Hannigan's Girl is alive with the captivating stories, detailed settings, and wonderful characters that have made her a beloved writer of historical fiction. It is the story of Annie, the illegitimate d... General Fiction 2000 Invalided out of the army at the end of the Second World War, Matthew Wallingham wonders what place there is in a new social order for a blind man, even if he is a decorated war hero. He has the sympathy of family and friends, but it seems the only p... General Fiction Feb-1999 Alison Read, orphaned when she was two years old, had for some years lived and worked with Paul Aylmer, her appointed guardian. Paul, an experienced antique dealer whose business thrived in the south coast town of Sealock, had come to rely on Alison,... General Fiction Nov-1998 With a harsh childhood behind him, Riley left school with little but optimism, secure in the knowledge that one of his teachers, Fred Beardsley, had faith in his future.

On honeymoon in Paris, Fred and his wife are amazed to find Riley appointed as a... General Fiction 1998 Bridget Gether's parents were killed in the wartime Blitz so she had lived with the Overmeers at Balderstone, their sprawling property in the Northumbrian countryside, since she was a child, Unaware that she had been manipulated into agreeing to marr... Romance 1998 As soon as she saw Shekinah Hall on the wild moorlands near Hexham, Constance Stapleton was attracted to it. With her marriage to Jim on the brink of collapse, Connie sensed that the move would initiate the separation from Jim she knew was inevitable... Romance Sep-1997 Fourteen-year-old Marie Anne Lawson, youngest daughter of a prosperous Northumbrian family, fleeing from something she couldn't bear to see, fell and broke her ankle. She was discovered by a local man who, because of a disfigurement, was known therea... Contemporary Romance Jul-1997 Pine Hurst has been home to the wealthy Steel family for generations.

And since her mother's death, eldest daughter Beatrice has controlled the estate -- ruling her father, Simon, and her three younger sisters with an iron fist. For Beatrice, control... Romance 1997 Money is tight in the farming communities around Fellburn in the 1880s, so when Hector Stewart announces that he is to marry wealthy Moira Conelly, it is his son Daniel who guesses the real reason for the union. However, Moira has not been entirel... General Fiction Jan-1997 Years ago Bill Bailey had met and married Fiona, a young widow with her own family. The Baileys made their home in the Tyneside town of Fellburn, where Bill's business prospered. When one of Fiona's children, Willie, acquired a new friend, the waywar... General Fiction Mar-1995 Even in the heat of battle, Geoff Fulton, a professional soldier, would always carry with him the memory of the night he was on leave, when his timely intervention rescued fourteen-year-old Lizzie from the oldest of perils for a young girl, and there...

Historical Romance 1994 Close to her fifteenth birthday, Jinnie Howlett, a reluctant inmate of a northern workhouse, was offered a position as a maid-of-all-work by the Shalemans at Toilet's Ridge Farm, a bleakly isolated farm near the Cumbrian border. Before long, howe... General Fiction Jan-1994 The day Joe Remington brought his new bride to Fell Rise, he had already sensed she might not settle easily into his home just outside the Tyneside town of Fellburn. She made plain her disapproval of Joe’s familiarity with the servants, and questio... Historical Romance 1993 The Golden Straw, as it would be named, was a large, broad-brimmed hat presented to Emily Pearson by her long-time friend and employer Mabel Arkwright, milliner and modiste. And before long it was to her employer that Emily owed the gift of the busin... Historical Romance 1993 Struggling to maintain a facade of family harmony for the sake of their religious beliefs and three grown children, Winifred and Daniel Coulson begin a legacy in which their youngest son, Donald, must choose between the values of the past and present...

General Fiction Jan-1993 Fatherless at five, Joseph Jebeau grows up to defend his country and himself against Hitler's mad ambitions, against his mother's ruthlessness, and against secrets from the past. By the author of The Love Child. 35,000 first printing. Lit Guild & Dou... Historical Romance 1992 When Kate Mitchell applied for a job at Tor-Fret, a lonely house on the Northumberland fells, she had no idea that it was composed only of men. She could not understand her moody employer and his hatred of his brother, but slowly she begins to discov... Historical Romance 1992 Ward Gibson knew what was expected of him by the village folk, and especially by the Mason family, whose daughter Daisy he had known all his life. But then, in a single week, his whole world had been turned upside down by a dancer, Stephanie McQueen,... Historical Romance Oct-1991 Unable to obtain a divorce from his alcoholic wife, Nathaniel Martell and his mistress defy convention and live together openly. They manage not only to feed, clothe, and educate their six children but to create a warm family life. As Anna Martel...

Historical Romance 1991 Ellen Jebeau married a man who did little but dream, and who then died with debt his only legacy. Whatever else her marriage had lacked, however, she had her son Joseph. Ellen resolved he should have all in life she had missed and to achieve that end... Historical Romance 1991 Orphaned at a tender age, Millie Forester is adopted by "Raggie Aggie" Winkowski, and she suffers misfortune and misplaced love as she grows to adulthood side by side with Aggie's son, Ben, whose love for Millie increases over the years.... Historical Romance 1990 A century or so ago there lived at Heap Hollow Cottage, situated near Fellburn in County Durham, a man and a woman and their six children. By all appearances they were a close and loving family. Yet across the happy facade lay a shadow that had lengt... Historical Romance 1990 Even the approach of Christmas, 1913, fails to excite the restless Agnes Conway, the twenty-two-year-old manager of her feckless father's adjoining sweet and tobacconist shops.

There are dark secrets in Arthur Conway's past, and these come tragically... Historical Romance 1989 This modern-day tale features an irresistible hero, Bill Bailey, who, from the moment he arrives to take up residence in Fiona Nelson's home, makes his presence felt in no uncertain terms. As a young widow left badly off, and with three children t... Historical Romance 1989 Bridget Dean Mordaunt was a woman of consequence in her own part of the world. Inheriting her father's businesses at the age of 19, by the time she was 23 in 1880, she was running them as confidently as any man. Yet the path destiny required her ... Bill Bailey - 3 In this, the third novel of a trilogy, the atmosphere in the Bailey household was alive with anticipation. It was not only because Christmas was approaching, or even that Bill Bailey was tackling the biggest project of his career. No, all the excite...

Historical Romance 1988 At twenty-one, Jinny Brownlow was, to all intents and purposes, alone in the world, a typist at a large engineering firm in the Tyneside town of Fellbum, with her only outside interest the local theatre group, where the only role she seemed to play w... Historical Romance 1988 The Harrogate Secret is a tour de force of historical imagination, a story with an enthralling plot, thick with the intertwining stories of richly drawn characters, and a brilliantly detailed portrait of the oppression of the poor by those who reaped... Historical Romance Jun-1987 IN THE RAW NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTRYSIDE, A PROUD WOMAN STRUGGLED WITH THE FATEFUL CHOICE BETWEEN LOVE, LOYALTY AND DESIRE... Nancy Ann Hazel--free-spirited child bride, she abandoned the shelter of the vicarage to embrace a life of vibrant challenge... Bill Bailey - 1 From the moment Bill Bailey arrived to take up residence at Fiona Nelson’s home in the Tyneside town of Fellburn, he made his presence felt in no uncertain terms.

As a young widow left badly off, and with three children to bring up, Fiona had come ... Historical Romance 1985 Roddy Greenback -- handsome, ambitious, a talented artist, he fled his heritage for the wider world, while a terrible secret haunted all his dreams... Mary Ellen Lee -- she desired Roddy with a young girl's first recklass passion -- but sens... Historical Romance 1985 A legacy of hatred can be a terrible force in life, over which not even an enduring love and all the fruits of material success may prevail. Catherine Cookson explores this theme in a major novel that will absorb and enthrall her readers as irresisti... Tilly - 2 Beautiful and bewitching Tilly Trotter has served Mark Sopwith devotedly for twelve years -- his wife in all but name. But now his is dead and Tilly's whole future at Highfield Manor looks uncertain. -- Four months pregnant with Mark's child, Till... General Fiction Oct-1980 ‘The child was bright, the voice on the phone had said; and quite normal…’ Why had they said that? They were holding something back. He had felt it from the very first.

Was she a cripple, he had asked? No, the voice had said, she wasn’t a cri... General Fiction Mar-1980 While staying with his grandparents on the eastern coast of England in 1890, 16-year-old Eddie finds himself allied with his rather prickly and reputedly deaf grandmother in the struggle to free his sister and the household maid from a band of white ... Tilly - 1 The first novel in an epic trilogy set during the reign of Queen Victoria. It follows the fortunes of a young girl who goes from a small village in Tyneside, to a new life in America as the wife of a wealthy man - only to return and encounter the... Historical Romance 1979 There are men who can at times be stirred by the power and conflict of their own emotions to the point of shedding tears. Such a man was Abel Mason. Unhappily married to the shrewish Lena, he sought release in a love affair that soon ended in brutal ... Historical Romance 1978 The cinder path which led from the Northumberland farmhouse would always symbolise defeat for Charlie MacFell.

People saw him as a born loser, a nice chap who always got the dirty end of the stick. At the root of the matter were boyhood humiliations ... Historical Romance 1977 Her name was Hannah Boyle, but to the people of the village she would always be "The Girl"--Matthew Thornton's bastard. -- Savagely treated by Matthew's wife Anne, she fled for protection to the devil-may-care horse-dealer, Ned Ridley, who had earl... General Fiction Aug-1976 "I WANT TO BE A VET!" In his daydreams, fifteen-year-old Matty would stand up to his dad and tell him he didn't want to be a dockworker, no matter how good the pay. But life isn't made of daydreams, and Matty knew that even if he got around his f... Historical Romance 1976 The Price of Love. She gave up everything for him. Her reputation. Her chance for the kind of future every woman wants. She followed him-- not when was a man of means--but when he had nothing. She gave willingly, gladly, never knowing if his feelin...

Historical Romance Oct-1975 The turbulent story o f a fascinating, ruthless man with gambling in his blood, courage in his heart and laughter in his soul. Rory Connor, the pride of Jarrow Road, whose furious ambition led to violence and danger for himself and those around hi... Historical Romance 1975 It was a white wedding, but it was not a love match. Annie Cooper married Georgie McCabe for one reason only: she was expecting his child. Georgie might not be all that bright, but he was a hard worker; and as time went by, the family prospered. Four... General Fiction Sep-1974 Davy and his deaf and dumb younger brother, John Willie, find themselves homeless after their father is killed in a mining accident. Eccentric Miss Peamarsh offers a chance for a new future - but then Davy stumbles across a horrifying secret from Mis... General Fiction Jul-1974 The Mallen Litter is the third and final part of the multi-generation story of the Mallens, which began with The Mallen Streak and continued with The Mallen Girl.From generation to generation bad luck and misfortune had befallen each and every member...

Mallen - 1 Mallen of High Banks Hall had many sons, most of them out of wedlock. But to all of them, he passed on his mark – a distinctive flash of white hair running to the left temple known as the Mallen Streak. It was said that those who bore the streak, b... Historical Romance 1972 Angus McBain, the brutal master of Cock Shield Farm who was too easily tempted to sin, too sinful to escape a hideous retribution.. . Jane, his gentle daughter who devoted her life to caring for her deformed young brother...Amos, the legless child wh... Historical Romance 1972 Mary Walton was the apple of her da's eye. For long now he had been out of work, and Mary was his only comfort during those dark years of the Depression, when unemployment and a nagging, ambitious wife gnawed away at his self-respect. Once he was a m... Historical Romance 1971 Cissie Brodie was an impoverished orphan, the daughter of a farmer, and a proud, beautiful young woman.

Clive Fischel was Lord Fischel's arrogant son, a man raised to despise his inferiors in Victorian England's class-conscious society. One afternoon... Historical Romance 1970 When the Gallachers received an invitation from the Duke of Moorshire to attend an evening at Lea Hall, Maggie was overwhelmed. She could still scarcely believe her eyes, even if it was a long-overdue honour – after all her husband Rod had done for... Historical Romance 1969 Annabella Lagrange had the kind of childhood that most can only dream about. The only child of an aristocratic couple, raised on their magnificent estate in the English countryside, she was loved by her parents and coddled by servants who acquiesced ... Historical Romance 1966 TWO KINDS OF SIN Beautiful young widow Cissie Thorpe sensed it was wrong to accept the attentions of her employer, brilliant lawyer John Emmerson. But it seemed quite innocent to offer friendship to this man trapped in a loveless marriage, so lone... Romantic Suspense 1965 Prudence Dudley was a woman who appeared to have everything: an undeniably attractive woman who had already achieved considerable success as a novelist.

Yet she remained at odds with life. It all stemmed from the past: her sad rejected childhood and ... Historical Romance 1965 SHE WAS DESPERATELY, HELPLESSLY IN LOVE ... Ever since girlhood, Jenny Chilmaid had lived in the shadow of her stunningly beautiful cousin Bett. Bett made Jenny her best friend--only to use her to witness her triumphs in love, and to listen to her... Mary Ann - 6 Mary Ann is now engaged to be married and the wedding is to take place in a few week's time. But Mary Ann still manages to become involved in the knotty problems of those dear to her and sets out to solve them in her own inimitable manner.... Historical Romance 1963 HOW COULD SHE TELL HER HUSBAND? HOW COULD SHE LIVE WITH HERSELF? Sarah knew that it would break her husband David's heart and destroy his pride if he learned that she had surrendered herself to his brother John, who had dominated David his whole li... General Fiction Jan-1963 Deep in the wild fen country, Rosamund Morley lived a cloistered, poverty-stricken existence with her sister Jennifer and her alcoholic father.

She was the prop and stay of the family – and it was she who ran for help the night her father set his b... Historical Romance 1962 NEVER WOULD HER HUSBAND FORGIVE HER FOR REBELLING AGAINST THE CRUEL DECEPTION OF THEIR MARRIAGE Grace Rouse knew that her husband Donald would never willingly let her go free, so she tried to make herself invulnerable to his vengeful bitterness--b... Mary Ann - 4 Her expensive convent education hadn’t changed Mary Ann Shaughnessy one little bit. Sure, she could come over all refined when she had to, but who’d want to talk ever so nice on a farm?But in other respects she was growing up fast. As Mary Ann be... Historical Romance 1960 A novel set in a mining town featuring a girl blessed - or cursed - with the indefinable appeal that drives men to the brink of obsession. Three men dominated her life, until one day a stranger, came to the river bank near her home and she found ... Historical Romance 1959 Fanny McBride was a large, cheerful. indomitable Tyneside widow with a large cheerful family.

When she reached her fifties, she began to feel, for the first time in her life, a little lonely. All but one of her sons and daughters had married and left... Historical Romance 1959 FEARFUL PASSION From the moment strikingly lovely Leonine Carter first laid eyes on Peter, she felt a tremor of fear. It was not the obviously dazzled look of instant adoration from this handsome young man that filled her with misgiving. Leonine w... Mary Ann - 3 When Mary Ann is sent from her native Tyneside to become a pupil at a high-class convent boarding school on the South Coast, the idea in her benefactor's mind was that she should be turned into a little lady. In this, the third story in the Mary ... Historical Romance 1958 Other Women Were Pretty But none of them attracted men the way she did. Their quiet, sensual beauty proved no match for her boyish slimness and unblushing eagerness for love. Other Women Were Satisfied They accepted whatever life offered. Pam Tu... Historical Romance 1957 "You're a lucky man, Rooney," his friends kept telling him.

As he watched them struggle to feed a large family or forgive an unfaithful wife, the comfortable bachelor was forced to agree. And yet there was an emptiness in Rooney--an aching emptine... Mary Ann - 1 'Me da's a grand man!' Mary Ann Shaughnessy has spoken; question her who dare. For although Mary Ann may look quite an ordinary small girl from a dockland tenement, always hot in defense of a ne'er-do-well father, she is in fact a one-man army, armou... Historical Romance 1954 There were plenty around Fellburn who said she was as plain as a pikestaff, but Maggie Rowan more than made up for it by her dogged determination to succeed. They reckoned that once a miner's daughter like Maggie had tasted power, she'd be like a beg... Historical Romance 1953 THE COLORS OF LOVE Ever since Rose could remember, she knew she was different. Her relatives, her teachers, her schoolmates, even her own mother, all made her aware of that. For Rose's father was of an alien race, and her perfect beauty bore unmis...

Historical Romance 1952 Life in the Fifteen Streets... was a continual struggle for survival. Some families gave up hope and descended into a state of perpetual despair. Others, like the O'Briens, maintained a fierce determination to transcend the bitter poverty into which...

Question: Which English author wrote The Kate Hannigan series, The Mallen novels and The Tilly Trotter trilogy?
Answer: Catherine Cookson